And on Sunday evening, Harbor City (Calif.) Narbonne defensive end Paulo Lepua became the third player from his school to commit to a Pac-12 school,
choosing Washington State.

While it doesn't appear that any prospects will give a verbal pledge to any
school on Christmas Day, after defensive tackle George Uko did on Christmas Day
in 2009, all bets are off.

Del Rio Makes Surprising Choice

One of the top quarterbacks in the West in the 2013 class has been Highlands
Ranch (Colo.) Valor Christian's Luke Del Rio.

Del Rio led Valor Christian to the state championship in his only year in
Colorado.

An Elite 11 quarterback, Del Rio had been committed to Oklahoma State for
some time, but when offensive coordinator Todd Monken left to take the head
coaching job at Southern Miss, Del Rio decommitted.

It seemed like the next step would be flipping to Oregon State, where he
officially visited in the fall.

But Del Rio decided to spurn the offer from the Beavers and will instead
walk-on at Alabama.

"I didn't want to base my decision solely on if I had a scholarship or not," Del Rio
told Scout.com. "I loved my visit to Alabama this week and everything just felt right there. I'm not afraid to work for a scholarship once I get there and I just felt Bama was the best fit for me athletically, socially, academically and geographically. I really missed the South a lot."

Busy Wednesday

In a prep for National Signing Day in February, Wednesday was the day that
Juco's signed throughout the country, as well as early enrollees signed their
scholarship agreement.

Former five-star linebacker Chris Martin, now at City College of San
Francisco, also signed with the Jayhawks, reuniting him with Charlie Weis, whom
he committed to when Weis was at Notre Dame. Martin decommitted from the
Irish when Weis was fired.

Jermaine Kelly-
CB - Los Angeles (Calif.) Salesian - 2013 Kelly is already a member of the Scout 300, but since his decommitment from UCLA
last week, he's added four offers and more schools could be getting involved
with him. The four-star has picked up offers from California, Arizona State, Colorado State and Utah and will visit Texas Tech next month.

National Recruiting Analyst Greg Biggins contributed to the West
Recruiting Notebook.

Brandon
is in his eighth year with Scout.com, currently as a National Recruiting
Analyst and West Regional Manager.
Prior to joining the Scout.com Recruiting Team, he was a team recruiting writer.
He's been covering recruiting for the Scout.com network since 2003.
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